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T. D. KING.

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BALANCE.

Patentd Mar.20,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS D. KING, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

BALANCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,202, dated March 20, 1883.

Application tiled November 8, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS DAvrEs KING, ot the city ot'vMontreal, in the District ot'Montreal and `Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Balance; and I do hereby declare that the t'ollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine.

My invention may be brielly described as consisting in a beam normally suspended in equipoisc, and serving, when moved in either direction so as to alter the relative distance between the point ofsuspension and the points otsupport respectively ofa weight and a scale, to weigh either such weight or multiples or proportional parts of same.

For full comprehension ot' the invention, reference must be had to the annexed drawings, forming part ot' this specification, and in whieh- Figure l is a side view of my balance, partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of balance; and Fig. 3, a part sectional elevation, showing modilication ot' beam, Ste.

Similar letters ot' refe-rence indicate like parts.

A is the beam, of the length and section de sired, preferably of hardened steel, and `B B knife-edges suitablyv secured iii saine, and serving to support respectively a weight, C, and a scale pan, Cf, which is an exact couilterpoise of the weight when the point ot' sus pension ofthe beam is equidistant from B and B. This point or Zero is shown at. Z, Figs. 1 and 3. and the equal distances between Z and B and Z and B' are divided up into any desired number ot' parts.

D is a sleeve, iii which the beam rests, pierced, as shown at D', to allow the Zero or other igures on the beam to be seen, and carried by knife edges d d in a suspensoi'y traine, F. This traine is, as shown, pierced to correspond with the vopenings D', and is carried out in the line of the beam on either side, both above and below it, to form stops or bridles F F', thus preventing undue oscillation. .The upper part, F2, of this frame F may be formed either of two or four standards or posts united at the top, so as to allow of the whole being held up or hung to any iXed point; or it may be made as a. cylinder with openings, the end being in each case to show the index-linger or (No model.)

tongue E, secured to the sleeve D. The knife* edges d d will be in the saine horizontal .plane with those B B.

Although I do not confine myself to any specilic weight for C, it will in ordinary cases be most convenient to make it a pound, and by dividing up the distances between Z and B B into sixteen parts the balance may be made to weigh either sixteen pounds or one ounce, the beam being shifted in the direction ot'Bwhen the multiple of a pound is to be weighed, and toward B for a proportion of a pound.

It is obvious that the beam may be divided up deciinally, or so as to give any proportion desired.

The beam may be so norm-illy setin its support as to require in the scale C a weight equal to the weight C to bring it into equipoise.

To facilitate thepassageof the beam through the sleeve D in either direction and enable its adjustment at any particular point to be more accurately etfecteihl may foi-ni the under edge ot' such beam, as shown in Fig.3, with a rack, into which meshes a small pinion-wheel, Gr, the spindle g of which is carried in suitable bearings in ihe frame F, and prolonged at one end to form a handle.

By this invention the necessity for the use of weights ot' diti'ereiit denominations is done away with, and a scale provided which con tains within itselt' everything necessary to weigh within a certa-in range easily and accurately.

What I claim as new, and wish secured by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. The combination of a scale-beam adapted to be moved in a sleeve bearing knife-edges, with a suspeiisory frame, substantially as and for the purposes set l'orth.

2. The combination of a scale-beam bearing at one end a weight and at the other a scalepan, with a sleeve in which itis longitudinally adjustable, and a frame iii which said sleeve is supported on knife-edges, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

THOMAS DAVIES KING.

Witnesses l Fats. HY. REYNOLDS, OWEN N EVANS. 

